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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1h

11 October 1941 | Dutch Jewish boy, Heinrich Lange, was born in Amsterdam.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in July 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with his mother Berta. His father Hans perished in the camp in September 1942.

Family portrait of Lange family. The father and mother stand with a baby. The father holds the baby in front of them.

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Joshua Bowman @thalesdisciple.bsky.social · 7h

You can watch the video that was removed from the exhibit here: vimeo.com/1114031462

Call to Arms 2015-2025

Ten years of collaborations with the Call to Arms sculpture. Featuring performances by Lisa E. Harris, Sharon Chohi Kim, Jawwaad Taylor, Micaela Tobin, a collaboration…

vimeo.com

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Dr Buki Fatona @bukifatona.bsky.social · 20h

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado

"...for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."

BBC webpage of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement with a picture of Ms Maria Corina Machado.

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Colm Mulcahy @cardcolm.bsky.social · 7h

I just took the square root of 90,000 in my head. That’s big.

Dr Bishnujee Singh @drbishnujee.bsky.social · 1d

Millions of Americans are working without pay in Federal and Air Traffic Controller jobs while White House continues construction of 200 Million$ Ballroom during the Government Shutdown. Unbelievable people voted for this illiterate clown 👇

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The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 21h

Manannán by Máiréad Ní Ghráda 1940 Irish Language scifi book might be the first fiction piece with the use of a gravity assist. And the first Mecha robot outside of Japan.

But it's not in the Irish library service or buyable online

Cover showing plane flying to another planet

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Chris Fetters @bekindhere.bsky.social · 9h

#MusicChallenge
#KillerTunes
10/11
Root Womam - Apostle

Roots Radical
Rancid

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrjg...

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 18h

Coming soon!

Written by historian Leanne Calvert, @unioflimerick.bsky.social ‘Pious and Promiscuous’ offers a previously unseen glimpse into how ordinary people faced life’s most significant milestones as members of a closely knit Presbyterian community in the long 18th century Ulster.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18h

The Auschwitz Museum hosts an exhibition of the "Prussian Blue" painting series by the artist Yishai Jusidman.

See a short video about the exhibit: youtube.com/shorts/DrGcu...

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Colm Mulcahy @cardcolm.bsky.social · 18h

James Joyce was probably here. Sandymount Strand.

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Colm Mulcahy @cardcolm.bsky.social · 23h

The gems keep coming on @8radioireland.bsky.social

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JoHN MiLLeR @moduality.bsky.social · 1d

If Trump isn’t awarded the Peace Prize on Friday, he’ll say it was rigged against him.

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 1d

The White House is using footage from Florida to make propaganda about the supposed “chaos” in Chicago, Illinois. As the National Guard troops have entered Chicago to work with Immigration and Cust...

White House’s Chicago “Chaos” Video Is Really From a Red State

The White House has been caught faking unrest in Chicago.

newrepublic.com

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Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 1d

The moment you unearth an elusive piece of the story, and it all clicks together is a high that these people will chase forever and never so much as glimpse in the distance. Your brain is so much more powerful and creative than any AI shill wants you to believe.

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David K Butler @davidkbutler.bsky.social · 1d

One year ago, I started posting observations on BlueSky, and I have thoroughly enjoyed the journey. I've put all 196 observations from the last year into a little book called "What I noticed along the way". I hope you enjoy it. drive.google.com/file/d/1w0zL...

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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 1d

In the Samaria Gorge on the island of Crete, Greece, lies a very deep cave with a continual cold spring waterfall. To reach it, you have to swim about 100 meters in 10 degree (C) water. I spent time thinking about hypothermia I was so cold. Nice payoff tho.

Pic of the day

#photography

Walls of the cave direct you to a small bright opening in which a cold mountain spring falls to bright turquoise water.

Along with Denali Mountain and Bryce Canyon, this is the most majestic place I’ve ever been.

My teeth rattling even as I could stand in only waist deep water kept me from fully enjoying it,, but no chance I was missing this just for some discomfort.

It seemed to get progressively colder tho so this is about as close as I got. In later days I’ll post a shot looking back thru the caves. The video I took is really the best indicator of the beauty here but I dunno if I can post that here or not. I may try in the comments later today.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Bombshell investigation shows that Hungary's Russia-alligned Orban regime has been running an espionage network in Brussels, recruiting and infiltrating among the highest levels of foreign governments.

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 1d

reupping for general use, not in reference to any specific discourse

Alf as Smokey the Bear with today’s discourse danger monitor from low to extreme, set to very high

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Chris Fetters @bekindhere.bsky.social · 1d

#1wordfor1music
#MusicChallenge

10/9 - humble

Can’t Pretend
Matthew Sweet

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj26...

Can't Pretend

YouTube video by Matthew Sweet - Topic

www.youtube.com

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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David K Butler @davidkbutler.bsky.social · 1d

Flowers continue again.

Two brilliant magenta flowers, each with five long pointy petals curling back, and several pink stamens with white tips and a white stigma curling up. In the background are green butterfly-shaped leaves.

Two clusters of gum blossoms, one cluster tight and the other loose. Each has a red-orange cup and a multitude of pale yellow stamens.

A billy blossom: a perfect globe of tiny bright yellow flowers on a long grey-green stem. In the background are a tangle of stringy grey-green leaves and several blossoms that aren’t quite ready yet.

Many lavender blossoms, with two in focus in the centre of the photo. They have an egg-shaped collection of little grey-purple flowers with several big purple petals at the top. A bee sits on one of the blossoms in focus.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1d

Campanile or Leaning Tower, #Pisa

Beautiful in the floodlight & with the moon as backdrop.

Appropriately in “Piazza der Miracoli”

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1d

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.

No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.

Thank me later,

An actual expert

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Barbara Fantechi @barbarafantechi.bsky.social · 1d

Mathematical research is valuable even if it doesn't have immediate applications.

Jstheater @jstheater.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to this year's MacArthur Foundation Fellows, incl Harvard math prof Lauren Williams, whose mathematical work has applications for an array of phenomena (tsunamis, protein synthesis, etc): news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

2025 MacArthur Foundation Fellows: www.macfound.org/programs/awa...

Lauren Williams awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — Harvard Gazette

Math professor honored for theoretical breakthroughs with sometimes surprising applications across phenomena such as tsunamis, traffic.

news.harvard.edu

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